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Acknowledgements
Chapter1. Introduction
1.1 General description of the study
1.2 Significance of the study
1.3 Overall structure of the thesis
Chapter 2. Literature Review
2.1 Definition of key terms
2.1.1 Text and text analysis
2.1.2 Contrastive analysis
2.1.3 Theme and rheme
2.1.4 Thematic progression
2.1.5 Narrative genre
2.2 Theoretical framework
2.2.1 Halliday's systemic-functional grammar
2.2.2 Thematic progression
2.3 Review of the previous studies
2.3.1 Previous studies on themes
2.3.2 Previous studies on thematic progression
2.3.3 Summary
Chapter 3. Research Design
3.1 Research purpose
3.2 Data collection
3.2.1 Reasons for my choice of the novel
3.2.2 General plot of the novel
3.3 Research procedures
3.4 Samples analysis
Chapter 4. Results and Discussion
4.1 Statistic results and discussion
4.2Underlying factors responsible for the choices of themes and TP patterns
4.2.1 Similarities in the choices of themes and TP patterns
4.2.2 Differences in the choices of themes and TP patterns
Chapter 5. Conclusion
5.1 Conclusions
5.2 Pedagogical implications
5.3 Limitation and suggestions for further research
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